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One of my all time favorite trails to bike is the Rock Creek Park trail. I guess I can’t really call it a trail—it’s actually a road (Beach Drive) through Rock Creek Park. On the weekend and on holidays, Beach Drive is closed at the DC line to motorists—so no cars. We like to start out in Kensington and bike all the way to the zoo—although the trail goes all the way to the Lincoln Memorial. Continue reading →

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned before how much food motivates my family. I can get them to do almost anything, if I tie it to yummy food. Cupcakes, cookies, pie, ice cream—you get the idea. They also really like breakfast foods—and that ranks right up there with the other treats. Continue reading →

As I was trying to come up with a fun bike plan for a day in DC, I realized that there are some memorials that our family has never visited. It seems the more popular ones get most of the attention, and the lesser ones pretty much get ignored. I decided that our family was finally going to pay attention to some of the lesser-known memorials in DC. Continue reading →